I can't believe this thread is stuck on page 4 instead of racing past 400. The fact that no details like features or price are known hasn't stopped anybody from posting their opinion and defending it to the death.

If it really is going to be that, I lost all hope for Cowon. Didn't they learn anything from the awful O2 and the abysmal V5 that tactile buttons are essential? Why the hell do the J3 and S9 have six tactile buttons each, and their shabby video players have two?

What was merely an indistinct outline in August is today a bona fide retail product. Cowon has made its X7 PMP official over in South Korea, letting us take a gander at the spec sheet if not necessarily buy one just yet. A 4.3-inch touchscreen takes center stage, backed by up to 160GB of hard drive storage and a battery rated to last for 103 hours of music or 10 hours of video playback. An FM radio tuner, built-in speaker, and Bluetooth chip fill out the "retro modern" body, while the software front reveals DivX-encoded video compatibility and a smattering of your usual note-taking and utility apps. The standard 160GB model is going on sale for 339,000 KRW ($304), or if you're a globetrotter and need a set of preinstalled dictionaries, it'll set you back 379,000 KRW ($340). There's no word on US availability just yet, but this thing didn't go through the chore of getting certified with the FCC for nothing.

From every angle I can see, both on that page, and the Cowon page lebellium linked, I only see a couple things that might be buttons....this really looks like an almost total touch screen device. That surely will not be a popular design choice, at least among the Cowon fans here.